39 Bible Verses about Being Different

For even as we have many members in one body, and not all members have the same function;

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and we are severally members of one another.

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, although they be many, are one body; so also is Christ.

that is, that I with you may be encouraged by you, each of us by the other's faith, yours and mine.

For there must needs be also parties among you, in order that the good may be tested and made known.

What I mean is this. As long as the heir is a child, he differs in no respect from a slave, though he be the owner of the whole inheritance;

there are various forms of service, and the same Lord;

"I have other sheep also, which do not belong to this fold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.

But we have gifts differing according to the grace which was given to us. He that has the gift of prophecy, let him prophesy according to the proportion of his faith.

There is one glory of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;

There are both celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial; but the splendor of the celestial is one thing, and the splendor of the terrestrial is another.

If indeed some one is coming to preach another Jesus, whom I did not preach, or you are receiving a Spirit other than you once received, or another gospel which you did not accept before, you would do well to bear with me.

and varieties of work, and the same God, who works in all.

All flesh is not the same flesh; there is human flesh, another of fishes of animals, another of birds, another of fishes.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Let us all then, who are mature Christians, strive for this! God will make this clear to any of you who are striving for other goals;

For if lifeless instruments such as the flute or the harp give no distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is fluted or harped?

and you look up to him who wears the fine clothing, and say to him, "Sit here in this fine place!" and to the poor man you say, "Stand there!" or "Sit on the floor at my feet!"

but I find a different law in my bodily faculties, waging war with the law of my will, and taking me prisoner to that law of sin which is in my bodily faculties.

I entreat you to make my joy overflow by living in harmony; possessing the same love, and with one soul united in one purpose.

who, though from the beginning he had the nature of God, did not reckon equality with God something to be forcibly retained,

"You then must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect."

For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile, because the same Lord Jesus is all over, and is rich unto all who call upon Him;

"And if you are kind to those who are kind to you, what credit is it to you? Even sinners do the same.

My children, let us not love in word nor in talk, but in deed and in truth.

Now you are the body of Christ, and individually members of it.

For who makes you a differ, brother? Or what have you that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why are you boasting as if you had not received it?

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was face to face with God, and the Word was God.

But now there are many members, but one body.

Therefore, Come out from among them and separate yourselves, saith the Lord, touch not what is unclean;

"But this I confess to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors, according to the Way which they call a heresy, believing everything that is according to the Law, or is written in the Prophets,

For if I was "beside myself," it was to God; of if I am now "of sound mind," it is for you.

But you, beloved, continually building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and ever praying in the Holy Spirit,

"If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, for that reason the world hates you.

Not so shall it be among you. On the contrary whoever would become great among you shall be your servant;

Now faith is the title-deed of things hoped for; the putting to the proof of things not seen.

How I wish I could be with you now, that I might change my tone; for I am perplexed about you.

"Not so shall it be among you. But whoever among you wishes to become great, shall be your minister,